I was over at gasbuddy.com and reading the forum rules. I saw rule #7:7. Hitler doesn’t post here, so there is no good reason to bring him up, except in a strict historical context. To avoid arguments on the forum, we respectfully request you not use Hitler references.

During the 2012 presidential campaign I repeatedly voiced my obviously conservative
beliefs and positions on the various GasBuddy posting topics.

I received a 'notice' from the GasBuddy "administrators" to cease and desist.

I very politely (for me) told them to shove THAT up their ass, and if they
tried ANYTHING to limit my right to free speech I would happily follow that
up with litigation in the federal court seeking injunctive relief or as the
alternative a court order shutting down their web site.

Last time they EVER said ANYTHING about my postings, which continued without
interruption.

Ooh! On my other forums, that level was known as "Pooh-Bah" or "Carpal Tunnel."

I reached that level after about 10 years, then got myself banned, on purpose...
long story involving local politics. Local politics are far more toxic than
national, I hope nobody here ever has to deal with this kind of shit,

I'm confused. How is their limiting opinions on their own site
(odious as that might be) limiting your right to free speech?

Irrelevant.
They pissed me off; I wanted them to fuck off; I threatened massively expensive
litigation; they would need a lawyer, and I would **not**; they went away;
I ended up very pleased. "Das Ende."

Sep 29 2013 10:31am from zooer
All politics are local loanshark! Or so I was told.

Scale matters in my book. When you're a town of a couple thousand people,
and people start to get a pretty good idea of who supports what, and some
of the policies have been deemed repugnant and illegitimate by a vocal minority,
then, you have a recipe for a real toxic waste dump of vile sludge... violence
(or at least targeted vandalism) tends to ensue. Fairly glad I don't actually
*live* in the town in question -- it's only my playground...